Manchester Locomotive Works


Manchester Locomotive Works was a manufacturing company located in Manchester, New Hampshire, that built steam locomotives and fire engines in the 19th century. The first locomotive the company built was for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad in March 1855.
Manchester purchased the locomotive manufacturing operation from the Amoskeag Locomotive Works in 1859. It acquired the steam fire engine business from Amoskeag Locomotive in 1876.
In 1901, Manchester and seven other locomotive manufacturing firms merged to form American Locomotive Company. Locomotive production ceased in 1913.

Preserved Manchester locomotives

The following locomotives built by Manchester before the ALCO merger have been preserved. All locations are in the United States unless otherwise noted.
Serial numberWheel arrangement
Build dateOperational ownerDisposition
unknown0-2-2-0 1875Mount Washington Cog Railway #2Mount Washington Cog Railway, Mount Washington, New Hampshire
unknown0-2-2-0 1878Mount Washington Cog Railway #6Mount Washington Cog Railway, Mount Washington, New Hampshire
unknown0-2-2-0 1883Mount Washington Cog Railway #1Mount Washington Cog Railway, Mount Washington, New Hampshire
unknown0-2-2-0 1883Mount Washington Cog Railway #3Mount Washington Cog Railway, Mount Washington, New Hampshire
unknown0-2-2-0 1883Mount Washington Cog Railway #4Mount Washington Cog Railway, Mount Washington, New Hampshire
unknown0-2-2-0 1892Mount Washington Cog Railway #8Mount Washington Cog Railway, Mount Washington, New Hampshire
15464-4-0July 1892Boston and Maine Railroad #494Union Station, White River Junction, Vermont
unknown0-4-0ca. 1870sEdison Cement Corporation #unknownPurchased by Henry Ford in 1932 and rebuilt as a 4-4-0, currently operating at Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Michigan
unknown4-4-0ca. 1880sUnknown #unknownDiscovered buried and unearthed in Mulberry, Florida in 2012, missing significant components such as cab, smokebox, pilot truck and tender. On display at the Mulberry Phosphate Museum.
443692-6-0November 1907Boston and Maine Railroad #1455Danbury Railroad Museum, Danbury, Connecticut